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May 13 20182018-05-13 +1 copiesNovember 26 20172017-11-26November 26 20172017-11-26August 05 20162016-08-05November 26 20172017-11-26May 24 20182018-05-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire ritual in a temple-like hall with dark red walls and carved wooden doorframes. A large flame rises from a brick-built fire pit at centre, surrounded by flower garlands, fruits, a brass vessel and a kalasha with a white cloth. A priest on the left wears a pink-and-gold turban, bare chest, rudraksha-style beaded garland and white dhoti, holding a ladle. Two young men sit on the right, one bare-chested with a white dhoti and garland, the other in a white dhoti with an orange garland. Standing in the doorway, a man in white kurta and dhoti with hands in añjali mudra faces the fire, while a man in orange dhoti stands beside him. Offerings and a brass plate with fruits and flowers lie in the foreground. Four people are visible plus a partly seen figure at the doorway, making several people in total.2016-08-05 +1 copiesOctober 16 20162016-10-16A ritual fire ceremony at a temple-like hall with white and gold marble walls. In the centre a man in saffron robes and a rudraksha-style garland holds a flaming camphor or offering fire over a silver tray of flowers on a green-gold draped table. To the left an older bald man in saffron clothing with a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial headband stands beside a gilded throne-like seat. A man in white dhoti and shawl raises an arm behind them, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti stands at right beside a shrine with a red-and-gold decorated arch. Brass oil lamps and a copper vessel sit on the table. Several people in white and shirts stand in the background with hands folded in prayer.2012-06-05A photograph inside a dim stone shrine lit by warm lamps. At center, a priest in orange robes bends over a deity murti draped in red, gold and white cloth, with a bright flame burning before it. Three circular lamps glow on the wall behind. Around the shrine stand several men: a shaved-headed man in orange with a rudraksha mala at left, another in orange wrapping, a man in white dhoti with bare upper body, and a figure in orange at right; one holds a small orange cloth. Offerings sit on a plate at the base of the murti. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2012-05-18A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit on a floor covered with striped mats, while three priests sit cross-legged around it. The priest at left wears a pink and purple turban, bare-chested with orange-beaded necklaces, and tends the fire with a basket of offerings. Two priests at right, one with white sacred ash marks on the forehead and rudraksha necklaces, sit bare-chested in white dhotis and tend the flames. Behind them, several people in white and orange garments stand in a doorway with carved wooden frames. Marigold garlands, brass vessels and a basket of offerings surround the fire.2016-08-05November 26 20172017-11-26